Global Best Practice Group’s experts have undertaken multisectoral and multidisciplinary projects in their individual capacities for international development agencies, governments and private sector clients. Together they bring their collective knowledge and experience to provide solution-focused interventions and policy recommendations that seek to alleviate poverty, enhance transparency and good governance and increase livelihood options and human well-being quotients. Global Best Practice Group’s strategic inputs are directed towards sustainable development outcomes that integrate environmental, social and economic aspects into all decision-making activities.
Child Development, Women Empowerment and Community Development
GBGP’s expert supported efforts to develop and implement training modules on child rights, development, and protection. Instrumental in implementing child development, protection, sports for development, women’s empowerment, and community development programs.
Further projects saw the expert contribute to supporting Rehabilitation Officers of the Department of Prisons in Sri Lanka in enhancing child protection knowledge for imprisoned mothers. As the Lead Trainer of a prominent international organization, training sessions covered child safeguarding and protection, contributing to the overall success of these initiatives.
Capacity Strengthening Of Procurement Operations
Expert advisory services were provided to implement a 50% increase in operational and programmatic surge in the Mines Advisory Group’s Sri Lanka country office. This involved the operationalization of a revised procurement strategic plan providing for alignment and development with key counterparts in Sri Lankan industry and Government and the creation of a consolidated procurement plan. Procurement capacity was reinforced and strengthened through modular instructional programs for key staff and delivering customized training.
E- Procurement Systems For EBRD Technical Cooperation Projects
Funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), this assignment provided legal and contractual systems expertise to both state-owned and private sector enterprises, aiming to enhance the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in public tenders for EBRD technical cooperation projects in Jordan and Tunisia. The primary goal was to facilitate the familiarization and adoption of electronic procurement systems, processes, regulations, and tools. To achieve this, capacity-building activities included workshops and training sessions that showcased best practices to procuring entities and SMEs. A significant emphasis was placed on training programs tailored for women-led SMEs interested in electronic bidding. These initiatives aimed to increase awareness of gender-responsive procurement, elevate the visibility of women entrepreneurs among procuring entities, and empower women to engage effectively in the public procurement process.
Procurement Optimization
Global Best Practice Group’s expert was engaged by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), a prominent international humanitarian agency to optimize their existing procedures and enhance procurement control systems and accountability within the procurement function. The expert conducted a thorough situational analysis and comprehensive review of all procurement rules and practices across NRC’s Middle East region, which included eight regional offices. This extensive assessment identified key areas for improvement and led to the development of revised procedures aimed at streamlining operations. The new procedures were designed to empower NRC to make informed strategic decisions that significantly improved both cost-efficiency and the overall impact of its supply chain management. By implementing these optimized processes, the NRC was better positioned to ensure accountability, enhance oversight mechanisms, and ultimately improve its capacity to deliver vital assistance to refugees in the region, thereby strengthening its operational effectiveness in addressing humanitarian needs.
Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agricultural Support Program (GMS CASP)
The GMS CASP regional initiative aims at strengthening food and energy security while addressing climate change, human and institutional capacity, cross border trade, increasing access and connectivity to national, regional and international markets and developing rural renewable energy projects. GBPG’s expert was retained by the Asian Development Bank to evaluate the existing financing architecture with regard to cross border trade, regional connectivity and market development in the agriculture, environment, and energy sectors and assess financing options, instruments and modalities, to scale public and private investments to close the financing gap. A value chain based integrated approach was developed focusing on de-risking mechanisms and viable green investment opportunities to catalyze private sector engagement. This entailed a strategic framework to establish Agribusiness Development Centres and recommendations on financing initiatives to support small farm holders’ adoption of climate friendly and sustainable agriculture practices for crop improvement and higher yields (small-medium investments). Innovative strategies were proposed to increase subregional agricultural competitiveness and agribusiness investment through modernized trading systems that provide connectivity to regional and global markets through regional economic corridors thus enhancing regional cooperation and connectivity.
Coral Triangle Initiative On Coral Reefs, Fisheries And Food Security (CTI-CFF)
The CTI-CFF is funded by international donors and multilaterals and implemented by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It is a regional cooperation partnership program comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste, that focuses on poverty reduction through economic development, food security, sustainable livelihoods for coastal communities and biodiversity conservation. Global Best Practice Group’s expert was retained by ADB as the Lead Project Manager to advance a suite of interventions, recommend program activities, develop project pipelines, assist with financing documentation and support private sector intervention modules. The project envisaged setting up a Business Development Unit to liaise and coordinate with consultants, development partners, government ministries, thematic working groups, CTI Regional Secretariat, national coordinators and stakeholders including potential private sector investors. A Financial Architecture study was coordinated with external consultants and several country specific knowledge publications were produced included the State of the Coral Triangle reports that provide a baseline documentation of the biophysical and socio-economic characteristics and environmental vulnerabilities of the coastal and marine ecosystems as well as the institutional framework for governing marine resource use. Assistance was provided in evaluating projects and in particular developing infrastructure investment pilot projects for execution including mobilizing financial resources. A Strategic Framework for an Integrated Fisheries Development Centre Value Chain investment concept together with a pilot demonstration project was prepared as a PPP investment for Philippines.
